Bumberrah flood map & planning overlays
Bumberrah: 3 ha farm lots at 100% bushfire, locals 46 at the median.
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A planning-constraint profile of Bumberrah
(East Gippsland, VIC) - 3.67 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
3.67 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bumberrah's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Bumberrah
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Bumberrah at a glance
How Bumberrah is zoned
Selling in Bumberrah? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 3.67 km², Bumberrah is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 33,759 m² across 47 parcels.
Who lives in Bumberrah
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bumberrah suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Socio-economic standing
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.
Score 928, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Bumberrah's 101 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bruthen - Omeo, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bumberrah. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bumberrah itself.
6,909 in 2001 to 8,651 in 2025, up 25%.
Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.
Bumberrah data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Zoning | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 24 October 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
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Bumberrah planning - frequently asked
Is Bumberrah flood-prone?
About 3% of Bumberrah falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Bumberrah bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Bumberrah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a East Gippsland average of 94%.
Is Bumberrah under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Bumberrah in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Bumberrah?
The dominant planning zone in Bumberrah is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Rural Living Zone (RLZ2) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Bumberrah have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Bumberrah.
What is the typical lot size in Bumberrah?
Across 47 surveyed parcels in Bumberrah, the median lot size is about 33,759 m². There are also 42 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Bumberrah?
At the 2021 Census Bumberrah had 101 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Bruthen - Omeo statistical area, which contains Bumberrah, went from 6,909 people in 2001 to 8,651 in 2025, up 25%.
Is Bumberrah an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bumberrah scores 928 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Bumberrah?
Median household income in Bumberrah was $1,437 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,209 for the typical suburb in East Gippsland. Median rent was $285 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,437 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnsonville | 3.8 km | 15% | 100% |
| Swan Reach | 4.5 km | 10% | 100% |
| Tambo Upper | 5.1 km | 1% | 100% |
| Mossiface | 5.4 km | 1% | 100% |
| Nicholson | 7.8 km | 16% | 95% |
| Metung | 8.5 km | 66% | 37% |
| Nungurner | 8.5 km | <1% | 100% |
| Sarsfield | 8.9 km | 11% | 100% |
| Bruthen | 9.6 km | <1% | 100% |
| Kalimna West | 9.8 km | <1% | 100% |